Bond hearingsThe following individual appeared in felony bond hearings Wednesday at the Pope County Detention Center. His name, age, anticipated charges and bond amount is listed. If charged, he will appear June 9 in Circuit Court. • Kevin Long, 19, aggravated residential burglary and theft of property — $100,000. Russellville police officers responded to a robbery call at an apartment complex just before midnight Friday. The man and woman who live in the ...

Pottsville city attorney: 'Keep it clean'POTTSVILLE — The Pottsville City Council approved requiring a tarp or other acceptable cover for contractors' dumpsters or other containers at work sites during its regular meeting Monday at Pottsville City Hall. "The city is just trying to keep trash from blowing out on the street," City Attorney Jeff Phillips said. "This just lets contractors know if you're going to have a work site, you've got to keep it clean." With the new policy, the cit...

Dr. Hilton named recipient of prestigious business education awardDr. Robert Hilton, chair of the Division of Business, Communication and Government, at University of the Ozarks was presented with the prestigious John L. Green Award for Excellence in Business Education at the annual International Assembly of Collegiate Business Education’s (IACBE) Conference in San Diego on April 8-11. The John L. Green Award for Excellence in Business Education is named for the president emeritus and founder of the IACBE, a...

Student-written “End of My Rope” to be performedUniversity of the Ozarks Theatre will conclude its 2013-14 season with the world premiere of “End of My Rope,” a play written by senior David Pluebell. “End of My Rope” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and at 3 p.m. on Saturday in the Black Box Theatre in the Walton Fine Arts Center. Tickets for the performance are $8 each and can be purchased at the box office before the event or online at www.ozarks.edu/theatre. The play contains lim...

Molly the Fire Safety Dog headed to New York CityMolly the Fire Safety Dog of Clarksville, a Dalmatian whose efforts have reached tens of thousands of children across the United States and throughout the world with her fire safety efforts, is headed to New York City to share fire safety at the Paws for Style charity event to benefit the Humane Society of New York. Firefighter Dayna Hilton, fire safety educator and handler of Molly, announced today the two would be participating in the event ...

Planning Commission recommends rezoningThe Russellville Planning Commission approved recommending two rezoning requests during its regular meeting Monday in the City Hall Council Chambers. The commission will recommend the Russellville City Council approve rezoning property at 3014 E. 17th St. in Russellville from highway commercial to light industrial. The request was made by Scott Sanders for Airways Commercial, LLC. It will also recommend the council approve rezoning properties ...

Clarksville considers concession trailerCLARKSVILLE — Assistant Superintendent Toby Cook told the Clarksville Board of Education the district is considering the purchase of a concession trailer during its regular meeting last week. The concession trailer would be used "for the visitor's side at football games, baseball and softball games, track meets, regional band and choir events, archery events, elementary water and field days and the middle school fishing derby," Cook said. Awai...

Locals help tornado victimsMembers of the Arkansas River Valley pulled together to help the victims of Sunday's deadly tornado. Mark Pagley, pastor of New Life Church (NLC) of Russellville, and a team of nearly 20 volunteers on Tuesday bused to River Plantation subdivision in Mayflower to help clean up. "They're helping residents move things out of their houses," Quentin Washispack, Conway NLC pastor, said. "They're cutting down trees and helping remove rubble. They're ...

Late afternoon accidentA GMC Sierra traveling on State Highway 7 near the campus of Arkansas Tech University left the roadway and came to rest in a ditch during a one-vehicle accident late Monday afternoon. No other information was available as of press time.

Dardanelle, Chamber gearing up for 25th annual Yell Fest May 9-10thDARDANELLE — The Dardanelle Area Chamber of Commerce will host the 25th annual Yell Fest on May 9-10 at Veterans Riverfront Memorial Park. The festival includes food, arts and crafts, carnival rides, a bump and jump for children, a yelling contest, an ugly dog contest, a four-mile run, live music and the ever-popular Motorcycle Poker Run. The Motorcycle Poker Run will take place May 10. Participating bikers will check in at 8 a.m. at the court...

School officials approve Chartwells for 2014-15DARDANELLE — The Dardanelle Board of Education unanimously approved using Chartwells for the district's food service management company for the 2014-15 school year during a called meeting Monday afternoon. "If we don't like it, we can change," Vice President Jerry Don Woods said of the one-year commitment. Chartwells, along with two other food service companies, presented their ideas to the school board during a special meeting Thursday. Board...

News Briefs (April 29, 2014)Dardanelle helps tornado victims Dardanelle Area Chamber of Commerce is teaming up with Dardanelle Middle School in efforts of collecting bottled water and hand sanitizer for devastated areas from Sunday’s storms. Drop off items at any Dardanelle School. Items collected will be delivered on Thursday. North Phoenix to remain closed Due to inclement weather, North Phoenix Avenue will remain closed until Saturday. The full width pavement next to ...

NLR woman dies in Clarksville crashCarol Ruth Berry, 61, of North Little Rock was killed at approximately 3 p.m. on Sunday when the vehicle she was driving west on Interstate 40 struck a relative's vehicle, careened into the median and entered Piney Channel between the I-40 bridges. Witnesses entered the water and reportedly attempted to reach the vehicle, but were unable to before it sank. Several volunteers and emergency responders including dive teams from Johnson and Pope C...

North Phoenix to remain closedDue to inclement weather, North Phoenix Avenue will remain closed until Saturday. The full width pavement next to the new curb could not be finished last week, which resulted in the route's extended closure. This date will also be dependent upon this week's weather.

RSD welcomes assistant principal Work to RMSThe Russellville School District welcomed new assistant principal Michael Work to the Russellville Middle School during a reception on Wednesday at RMS. Prior to working for RSD, Work was a math and physical education teacher, and assistant football and head track coach at Dover High School. He has also taught and coached at West Memphis High School, Marion High School and Forrest City High School, where he taught math and coached football and...

Atkins to change grad requirementsATKINS — Beginning the 2017-18 school year, students at Atkins High School must have completed technology design application (TDA) to graduate. “TDA is designed to prepare students for the transition from school to work by advancing and strengthening the skills mastered in CBA (computer-based application),” Margaret Robinson, Atkins High School (AHS) principal, said. TDA is replacing CBA at the high school level and CBA is being moved to fifth...

Dover live streams meetings onlineDOVER — The Dover Board of Education started livestreaming its board meetings in April. “We’re making a huge effort to be more transparent,” Marcia Laffoon, assistant to the superintendent, said. “Since people can’t always make it to the meetings, this will give everyone a chance to watch them.” She said Superintendent Jerry Owens got the idea from a patron who said his church livestreams meetings. “Mr. Owens liked the idea immediately,” she s...